Abstract:

This study was conducted at the National Agricultural
Documentation and Information Centre (NADIC) to establish
its background, objectives, activities, services, problems,
achievements and established future strategies as a leading
Agricultural Information Centre in Uganda and a National
Coordinating Centre for AGRIS and CARIS. All these were
researched about with the major view of establishing the
situation of Uganda's Agricultural Information System and
to suggest recommendations for future improvement so as to
attain greater capability in information gathering and
dissemination which will enhance further agricultural
development.
The above objectives were investigated through
literature survey of both published and unpublished texts
and through interviews.
The findings show that NADIC,
to control the flow of agricultural
coordinating all the information centres,
the activities required of it The dissertation is concluded with recommendations
which further suggest means of not only strengthening NADIC
but also establishing an effective National Agricultural
Information SysteM (NAIS)
which was established
information by
has embarked on
all and
can even boast of
some achievements. However, it has been met with a number
of short-comings which, if not checked, might paralyse the
prevailing progress. Some few solutions have been offered
by FAO and more is expected from the Government and
National Agricultural Research Organization